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Book Title: Story of a Goat
Item Length: 8.2in
Item Height: 0.5in
Item Width: 5.5in
Author: Perumal Murugan
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Literary, Linguistics / General
Publisher: GROVE/Atlantic, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2019
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines, Fiction
Item Weight: 7.8 Oz
Number of Pages: 192 Pages